Monitoring Free‐Living Honeybee Colonies in Germany: Insights Into Habitat Preferences, Survival Rates, and Citizen Science Reliability

ABSTRACT Our understanding of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera) predominantly stems from studies conducted within beekeeping environments, leaving the presence and characteristics of honeybees outside managed settings largely unexplored. In this study, we examined the habitats, nesting sites, an...

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Published in:	Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Benjamin Rutschmann, Felix Remter, Sebastian Roth
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-06-01
Subjects:	Apis mellifera liminal species multi‐species studies urban ecology wild pollinators wildlife conservation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71469